music had been playing up until that point, people had been singing, but when the car got here, you could have heard a pin drop. there was silence. but not for long, because there were rounds of applause after rounds of applause as people were embracing each other and throwing flowers at the vehicle. really, really emotional scenes. then the vehicle went on down this road, it went on to a private burial. this was the only public part of the service. one of the attendees at the private part was the irish president, michael d higgins, and he said not long ago that sinead 0 connor s contribution to music was phenomenal. he said it came from incredible pain. perhaps too much for one to bear. despite her international stardom, it is this place that sinead o connor loved to call home and really enjoyed living for 15 years. her family said previously she loved bray and the people in it.
of applause as people were embracing each other and throwing flowers at the vehicle. really, really emotional scenes. then the vehicle went on down this road, it went on to a private burial. this was the only public part of the service. one of the attendees at the private part was the irish president, michael d higgins, and he said not long ago that sinead 0 connor s contribution to music was phenomenal. he said it came from incredible pain. perhaps too much for one to bear. the people here have been really grateful that they got to say their final goodbyes. it was a day of very mixed emotions, of mourning but of celebration too. it s been another big day at the women s world cup with two more teams colombia and france making it through to the quarterfinals. earlier, i spoke to our reporter mimi fawaz
you could have heard a pin drop. there was silence. but not for long, because there were rounds of applause after rounds of applause as people were embracing each other and throwing flowers at the vehicle. really, really emotional scenes. then the vehicle went on down this road, it went on to a private burial. this was the only public part of the service. one of the attendees at the private part was the irish president, michael d higgins, and he said not long ago that sinead 0 connor s contribution to music was phenomenal. he said it came from incredible pain. perhaps too much for one to bear. the people here have been really grateful that they got to say their final goodbyes. it was a day of very mixed emotions, of mourning but of celebration too. sinead 0 connor s death led to an outpouring of tributes
sinead o connor, who s died at the age of 56. many tributes have been paid to sinead o connor on social media. fellow singer alison moyet described her as having an astounding presence and voice that cracked stone with force , adding that sinead was as beautiful as any girl around and never traded on that card . musician bryan adams worked with sinead, and said he loved making photos, doing gigs in ireland together and chats , adding all my love to your family . and the president of ireland, michael d higgins, has also paid tribute to her commitment to the important issues, no matter how uncomfortable those truths may have been . it is quarter past six. here s carol with a look at this morning s weather. carol, iam carol, i am so glad to see you on a bright colour, because outside it is grey and murky, i think it is worse
coastal city of marseille and into loose and wren. so for these protests have been fairly calm. some scenes of violence have broken out, particularly in the evening hours. that is the scene in paris and repeated across much of france as the french go back on the streets in protest against those pension reforms. back to dublin. some of the military have been standing by for president biden to arrive. he will be a by michael d higgins, the president. later he will also be hosted by the prime minister, the taoiseach, leo varadkar. he will be signing the guestbook, he will be planting a tree and bringing the peace bell. it is later in the day, around four o clock london time, he